demonstrated that he would take a fair, non-ideological approach.

Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

sort of pawns in the whole operation.

Fundraising is very, very time-consuming.

It simply wasn't possible to accommodate the schedule that the White House wanted.

It is imperative that the White House provide expeditiously those documents it intends to release,